I BET YOU SAY THAT TO ALL THE PORTALS

“We look at loyalty not as function of exclusive loyalty, but the frequency of visits over time. Loyalty doesn’t mean lack of promiscuity.”

Excite@Home senior vice president Joe Kraus, explaining why Excite.com’s registered-user reports are better fodder for the site’s Lola Pandora talk show than for serious Web-site metrics, News.com, 16 August 1999